Plan: 17 miles @ MP +45 sec/mile
Weather: Partly Cloudy to Fair, 22°F, 73% Humidity, Wind: WSW @ 7 mph; feels like 13°F.Target Pace: MP +45 sec. = 8:11 min/per mile
Actual Tempo Pace: 8:50 min/per mile
Course: A slightly modified variation of 16 Mile Eastsider, Yo! (oop, mixed flat & hills, roads), made using USATF Map It!
Pre-Run Ruminations: Similar to last week's Key Run #3, my pace this morning is intended to be "@ PMP + 45 seconds," but a significant difference from last week is that today I should be running 17 MILES, whereas last week I only went 11. The huge increase over such a short period of time is doe to my having confused two different FIRST plans, mistakingly following the plan for first time marathoners rather than the more advanced one (which asked for 15 miles).The reality is I can't go back and re-ring that bell, so I need to take a bit of a jump from last to this week... thus a six mile hop to a 17 mile lsd. I hope you won't think poorly of me (and I don't beat myself up too much) if I split the difference and run only sixteen miles... I'm trying to plan a route that is safe and on roads and don't think I'm psychologically strong enough (yet!) to double back. So if my MP + 45 seconds equals 8:11 min/per mile, and I'm going to run 15-ish(!) miles, I should be out on the roads for a cumulative time of about two hours and fifteen minutes... and of course, having planned all this out, the weather has once gain turned WINTRY...UGH!
Post-Run Reflections: I made it all in one piece and not feeling half-bad, though at a much slower pace (+44 seconds!) than I had hoped, at some point it became about running the distance without stopping and staying focused, which is what I did... 'nuff said for now!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
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